Roman Susan, 4750 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL (2026)

05/27/2026

Today! Mooove Voice
Loyola Park Fieldhouse
1230 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago IL

Mooove Voice combines classical vocal techniques with fundamental Butoh exercises, exploring the physical sensations of vocal sounds in our bodies and in the space around us. We work up to group improvisational scores by playfully passing sound and movement in simple patterns. No experience necessary, all are welcome!

Led by:

Elaine Lemieux, mezzo-soprano, received Master’s and Post-Master’s degrees in Music Interpretation in Voice from the University of Montreal, Québec. Elaine has been teaching singing for more than 20 years. As a music lover and voice teacher, she feels that her responsibilities are to help young children, teenagers and adults to discover their vocal and singing abilities in a natural and healthy manner. She is the founder of VOIX-DE-VIVRE.

Sharkey (Sara) Zalek is an interdisciplinary artist. Rooted in physical investigations of the intersections of personal, ancestral, and cultural trauma, resilience, and collective transformation. Their work is intimate, raw, and poetic. They make the lived moment stand at attention through performance, workshops, and poignant everyday moments to encourage thoughtful interpersonal connection. They have performed and curated festivals and workshops at the Chicago Cultural Center, High Concept Labs, Elastic Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Links Hall, Lumpen Radio, dfbrl8r, Boston Center for the Arts, Urban Guild in Kyoto, Japan, and many more.

Mooove Voice is being shared as part of Movement Studies – a programming series investigating social and environmental transitions. This project is partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; Ga***rd and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; Reva and David Logan Foundation; Teiger Foundation; and through in-kind support from Chicago Park District.

05/21/2026

Saturday, we will be listening to a new composition by J. Kent, combining recordings of classical repertoire with modern horror soundtracks. The audio composition is a draft toward a live runway production. The sound work is 19 minutes long, and will be playing back on a loop throughout open hours 1-4 PM, alongside Kent's textile installation in the Audible Gallery as a part of 𝘖𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦) – a showcase of projects in and about public space. Each week, different artists are featured on the Audible Gallery sound system, amplifying work that is taking place across the City.

The photos here are from an ongoing collection by Kent, featured in their project with 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦-𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦-𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦-𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴.

𝘖𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦) features work by Mark Alcazar Diaz, Jared Brown and AJ McClenon, Christa Donner, Eliza Fernand, J. Kent, John-Michael Korpal with Nina Montenegro, and JeeYeun Lee. This project is supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; Ga***rd and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; Reva and David Logan Foundation; Teiger Foundation; with in-kind support from Chicago Park District.

The individual projects featured in this exhibition are a part of Navigations. Roman Susan launched Navigations during the pandemic to support artists creating expansive works in Chicago neighborhoods. Navigations are designed to be open-ended, multisensory, and widely accessible. New projects for the program are selected through open proposals. If you have an idea for a project, tell us who you are, what you do, and the experience you want to share: romansusan.org/proposals.

04/21/2026

John-Michael Korpal: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦?
Warren Park Arbor Day Walk
2045 W Pratt Blvd, Chicago IL
Friday, April 24 at 6 PM

Join us on Arbor Day for the next iteration of What is a Tree? by John-Michael Korpal. This is the fourth year we've met at this spot for Arbor Day!

We are gathering at a Mother Tree in Warren Park to observe, interact, personify, and engage with the arboreal inhabitants of the park. Together we will take a sunset stroll, with refreshments and discussion at John-Michael’s neighboring studio following the outdoor event.

We begin in the northeast corner of Warren Park at 6 PM. We will then follow the park path clockwise (to the left) – come find us if you arrive later!

John-Michael Korpal creates inter-sensory works exploring the visceral shared space between art and the viewer. Korpal has exhibited throughout the Midwest, with work featured at the Grunwald Gallery of Art at the Kinsey Institute, Governor’s State University, Hyde Park Art Center, and elsewhere. Korpal has completed the Visual Art Certificate Program from Graham School-University of Chicago, and participated in the Center Program at Hyde Park Art Center. Korpal is a member of the Rogers Park Art Alliance, Chicago Calligraphy Collective, West Ridge Artists. For more info, please visit johnmichaelkorpal.com.

This event is part of the programming for 𝘖𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦). If you aren't able to make this Friday, come visit with John-Michael at Experimental Sound Studio on Saturday, May 9 from 1-4 PM!

This event is supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; Ga***rd and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; Reva and David Logan Foundation; Teiger Foundation; with in-kind support from Chicago Park District.

04/17/2026

Opening Friday 6-9
𝘖𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦)

Opening performances by AJ McClenon and Jared Brown – and work in the gallery by Mark Alcazar Diaz, Jared and AJ, Christa Donner, Eliza Fernand, J. Kent, John-Michael Korpal with Nina Montenegro, and JeeYeun Lee.

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Audible Gallery @ ESS
5925 N Ravenswood Ave

Thank you Adam, Olivia, Alex, Kate, and Nick!

𝘖𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦) is supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; Ga***rd and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; Reva and David Logan Foundation; Teiger Foundation; with in-kind support from Chicago Park District. The individual projects featured in this exhibition are a part of Navigations. Roman Susan launched Navigations during the pandemic to support artists creating expansive works in Chicago neighborhoods. Navigations are designed to be open-ended, multisensory, and widely accessible. New projects for the Navigations program are selected through open proposals. If you have an idea for a project, tell us who you are, what you do, and the experience you want to share.

01/27/2026

We're grateful to share 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 by Leslie Crum. A Black filmmaker visits Northern Ireland and interviews locals. What he hears reminds him a lot of home.

Playing alongside moving image works by Elena Ailes, Mark Alcazar Diaz, Kayla Anderson, Kioto Aoki, Qais Assali and Jose Luis Benavides, Norman W. Long, John Marks and Crystal Myslajek, Regina Martinez, Meida McNeal, Kristin McWharter, Curtis Miller, Zachary Nicol, Josh Rios, and Oona Taper.

To experience these works please make an appointment to visit us in Uptown. Appointments available through February 7, and beginning again March 9 following winter hibernation. Or view select works online anytime: romansusan.org/evergreen.

Cameron Crumley, aka Leslie Crum, is a writer/director from Roswell, GA. His films include Small Dogs (San Francisco Black Film Festival, 2020) and Functions, Unlimited (Onion City Film Festival, 2022). His work blends a passion for Southern Gothic and sci-fi literature with International and American independent film aesthetics. For more information and work, visit lavcircle.net.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯
Media Room in the Mutual Insurance Building
4750 N Sheridan Road, Chicago IL

09/27/2025

Open Tables for Self-Publishers & Readings
Sunday, September 28
Open tabling event for self-publishers, with Marc Fischer, Public Collectors. Roman Susan will have a finite amount of tables for folks to set up zines, books, and other self-published materials in the space and outside. BYO table or sidewalk blanket, and set up shop with us!
1-5 PM

Join us for readings by the Writing Group cohort, with Kayla Anderson, Jen Blair, Popahna Brandes, Denise Dooley, Laurel Foglia, Marcy Rae Henry, J Kent, Heather McShane, Natasha Mijares, Dao Nguyen, and AK Yoder, reflecting and refracting on the final year of Roman Susan at 1224 W Loyola.
5 PM

09/23/2025

Final week at 1224 W Loyola! We’re open!! Join us for the last 13 days of our final year at this location. Let’s celebrate what you bring to the space. Show up, come forward, and share 🎪

We will be open daily at 5 PM (starting a little earlier, or staying a little later, depending on the day). We’re excited to share open participatory events, and to be a platform for people to show up and express themselves. If you want to tell us what you’d like to do in advance, reach out. This space is an artwork we’ve made together. Come help add the final touches!

1224 W Loyola Ave has been the site of 186 projects with the contributions of 939 artists from November 2012 through September 2025. We are actively thinking through new ways to be in Chicago. Help us carry this spirit forward by supporting our future(s) beyond Loyola Ave: ROMANSUSAN.ORG/SUPPORT

09/16/2025

Final project at 1224 W Loyola begins this Thursday! We’re open! Join us for the last 13 days of our 13 and final year at 1224 W Loyola Ave. Let’s celebrate what you bring to the space. Show up, come forward, and share.

We will be open daily at 5 PM (starting a little earlier, or staying a little later, depending on the day). Check our online calendar or the list below for daily iterations, and visit while we’re here. We’re excited to share open participatory events – and to be a platform for people to show up and express themselves. If you want to tell us what you’d like to do in advance, reach out. This space is an artwork we’ve made together. Come help add the final touches!

1224 W Loyola Ave has been the site of 186 projects with the contributions of 932 artists from November 2012 through September 2025. We are actively thinking through new ways to be in Chicago. Help us carry this spirit forward by supporting our future(s) beyond Loyola Ave.

09/12/2025

Next week, our final project on Loyola Ave begins 9/18. Thank you to Lori Waxman for the generous previews!

Join us for the last 13 days of our 13th and final year at 1224 W Loyola Ave. Let’s celebrate what you bring to the space. Show up, come forward, and share. Days will have broad themes, and responsive updates – recurring elements will include 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘴, and 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩.

We will be open daily at 5 PM (starting a little earlier, or staying a little later, depending on the day). Check the calendar on our website for daily iterations and updates, and visit while we’re still here!

1224 W Loyola Ave has been the site of 186 projects with the contributions of 930 artists from November 2012 through September 2025. We are actively thinking through new ways to be in Chicago. Help us carry this spirit forward by supporting our future(s) beyond Loyola Ave.

08/29/2025

Zachary Nicol: 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳
Saturday, August 30 at 8 PM
Friday, September 5 at 8 PM
Saturday, September 6 at 8 PM

with Isabelle Taylor and
Jasmine Lupe Mendoza Carrasco
sound by ciro monoarfa goudsmit
at 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL

𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 is a new work by Zachary Nicol.

we are staging a transmissive practice of embodied opposition dissonance NO and overwhelm.

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Zachary Nicol is an artist, choreographer, and performer based in Chicago. Their practice across performance, writing, and video uses research in dance, movement, site, and image to unfold problems of representation and paradox in the performing body. Their solo and collaborative work has been presented nationally and internationally, and they work regularly as a collaborator, interpreter, and dramaturg for dance and theatre. For more information, visit zacharynicol.info.

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